The nature of science: The fundamental role of natural history in ecology, evolution, conservation, and education

K Nanglu, D de Carle, TM Cullen… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is a contemporary trend in many major research institutions to de‐emphasize the
importance of natural history education in favor of theoretical, laboratory, or simulation …

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

RS Houk, JJ Thompson - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a new technique for elemental
and isotopic analysis which combines the remarkable characteristics of the ICP for atomizing …

[HTML][HTML] Geology and paleontology of the upper cretaceous Kem Kem group of eastern Morocco

N Ibrahim, PC Sereno, DJ Varricchio, DM Martill… - ZooKeys, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The geological and paleoenvironmental setting and the vertebrate taxonomy of the
fossiliferous, Cenomanian-age deltaic sediments in eastern Morocco, generally referred to …

Subaqueous foraging among carnivorous dinosaurs

M Fabbri, G Navalón, RBJ Benson, D Pol, J O'Connor… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Secondary aquatic adaptations evolved independently more than 30 times from terrestrial
vertebrate ancestors,. For decades, non-avian dinosaurs were believed to be an exception …

Dinosaur biodiversity declined well before the asteroid impact, influenced by ecological and environmental pressures

FL Condamine, G Guinot, MJ Benton… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The question why non-avian dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago (Ma) remains
unresolved because of the coarseness of the fossil record. A sudden extinction caused by …

[HTML][HTML] The distribution of dental features in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: Taxonomic potential, degree of homoplasy, and major evolutionary trends

C Hendrickx, O Mateus, M da Lourinhã, R Araújo… - 2019 - palaeo-electronica.org
Isolated theropod teeth are some of the most common fossils in the dinosaur fossil record
and are continually reported in the literature. Recently developed quantitative methods have …

New spinosaurids from the Wessex Formation (Early Cretaceous, UK) and the European origins of Spinosauridae

CT Barker, DWE Hone, D Naish, A Cau… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Spinosaurids are among the most distinctive and yet poorly-known of large-bodied theropod
dinosaurs, a situation exacerbated by their mostly fragmentary fossil record and competing …

Taxonomic identification of isolated theropod teeth: the case of the shed tooth crown associated with Aerosteon (Theropoda: Megaraptora) and the dentition of …

C Hendrickx, E Tschopp, M d Ezcurra - Cretaceous Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Shed teeth are usually the most abundant theropod material on a dinosaur fossil site and
are constantly reported in the literature. Although new quantitative techniques have …

Macroevolutionary patterns in the pelvis, stylopodium and zeugopodium of megalosauroid theropod dinosaurs and their importance for locomotor function

MBS Lacerda, JS Bittencourt… - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
During the Mesozoic, non-avian theropods represented one of the most successful clades
globally distributed, with a wide diversity of forms. An example is the clade …

Calcium isotopic ecology of Turkana Basin hominins

JE Martin, T Tacail, J Braga, TE Cerling… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Diet is a major driver of hominin evolution, but most of the geochemical evidence relies on
carbon isotopes (δ13C). Here, we report enamel stable calcium isotope (δ44/42Ca) values …